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1643: In one of history’s most sensational cases of mass possession and sexual hysteria, Urbain Grandier, a handsome seducer of women, and priest of the parish of Loudon, was found guilty of being in league with the devil and burnt at the stake. Huxley gives a vivid account of this bizarre... read more
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- Urbain Grandier: Add a description of this character.
- M. De Laubardemont
- Sceur Jeanne
- Cardinal Richelieu
- Loudun
- Madeleine De Brou
- Philippe Trincant
- Thibault
- Lallemant
- M. Adam
- Bouchard
- Lactance
- Killigrew
- M. Trincant
- M. De La Rochepozay
- Mannoury
- M. Barre
- M. De Sourdis
- Descartes
- M. Grandier
- Jane
- La Grange
- Burton
- De Cerisay
- Sprenger
- Mother Superior
- Mme
- St. Teresa
- Henri Iv
- Louis Chauvet
- Isacaaron
- Herve
- Miss Beauchamp
- Mignon
- Jean-joseph Surin
- Dr. Fanton
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It was in 1605 that Joseph Hall, the satirist and future bishop, made his first visit to Flanders.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Aldous Huxley (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1952
ISBN: 978-0-06-172491-6
Page Count: 339
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1952
ISBN: 978-0-06-172491-6
Page Count: 339
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- Dewey: 133.426094463
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